Va'al wrote:I like the idea of a separate thread, and was thinking (last night) of implementing it from the new continuity onwards - but also, given that there are plenty of spoilers to come, might as well start now, no?
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Va'al wrote:I like the idea of a separate thread, and was thinking (last night) of implementing it from the new continuity onwards - but also, given that there are plenty of spoilers to come, might as well start now, no?
Thread Two already exists: https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/idw-transformers-the-reboot-discussion-thread-t110889.php
Feel free to reappropriate either for general discussion and/or previews and reviews. I can't guarantee I will always be around to run the latter though, a lot of Real Life stuff to contend with currently.
This isn't an Adults Only board! Wait I think I misunderstoodArmadaPrime wrote:Well seeing as Scotty mentioned the H-word
I agree with so much of what you said but especially this part. Revolutionaries keeps on giving too, Barber planted seeds in that book like a Spring after a poor harvest. I hope Hasbro learned a lesson from the "universe" experience with IDW: be patient! Other than Joes in Rom, none of this was supposed to crossover in earnest for a very long time at the outset. Probably also why Micronauts suddenly shifts from microgalactic war to just "our heroes on the run" very, very quickly.ArmadaPrime wrote:..then again, I'd welcome the commercialised event-style crossover with open arms if it brought Action Man back to us. Revolutionaries was a wonderfully fun and fantastically dumb series which did Revolution better than Revolution itself did, and I'll hear nothing to the contrary
o.supreme wrote:When did I mention Sunbow? I said Original Transformers, meaning anything from 1984-1991, which includes all toy, comic, and animated series characters. (Most fans call it G1, but I find that term to be condescending, so I always refer to it as "Original Transformers", or original Series, similar to how Trekkies refer to Original Star Trek, or OST. ).
Like I said, if in issue one, we see characters from various continuities, that is fine. What I just don't want to see is something like this; characters randomly popping up for no reason:
I am super confused by this. Your first sentence is a direct contradiction of the second, which precedes an image from Optimus Prime #1. It is literally "characters from various continuities" in an "issue one". Edit: I was wrong and it's issue 11, but they are seen in issue 1. Leaving this here to laugh at myselfo.supreme wrote:
Like I said, if in issue one, we see characters from various continuities, that is fine. What I just don't want to see is something like this; characters randomly popping up for no reason:
ScottyP wrote: I am super confused by this. Your first sentence is a direct contradiction of the second, which precedes an image from Optimus Prime #1. It is literally "characters from various continuities" in an "issue one". Edit: I was wrong and it's issue 11, but they are seen in issue 1. Leaving this here to laugh at myself
The colonist soldiers, aside from Slide's now-repetitive whining, have been an imaginative bright spot in OP for me.
ScottyP wrote:Ah, ok. I super disagree, but I understand your point now!
I think the way IDW did it was extremely promising and, at times, lived up to that promise. However, when it wasn't truly explored directly and in earnest outside of Caminus and three issues of Windblade Vol. 2, that was a bit disappointing. Did we ever even see the surface of Devisien?
I guess I just worry introducing Cybertronian expansion/colonialism at the outset will lead to Override and Hot Shot racing Crumplezone and Dirt Boss for 12 issues
o.supreme wrote:It was just jarring for me that early on in IDW BW had it's own series, clearly separate from mainline IDW. Then 9 years into a 13 year run, we get Eukaris, and those same characters with little to no explanation.
Counterpunch wrote:o.supreme wrote:It was just jarring for me that early on in IDW BW had it's own series, clearly separate from mainline IDW. Then 9 years into a 13 year run, we get Eukaris, and those same characters with little to no explanation.
There were like, literally a year of stories explaining how this came to be...
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Counterpunch wrote:o.supreme wrote:It was just jarring for me that early on in IDW BW had it's own series, clearly separate from mainline IDW. Then 9 years into a 13 year run, we get Eukaris, and those same characters with little to no explanation.
There were like, literally a year of stories explaining how this came to be...
Also, the IDW stories from Beast Wars "Gathering" and "Ascending" were based in a whole other universe, they were set to take place during the Beast Wars show and then right before Beast Machines started. They were not the same continuity. They were a lot like what Regeneration 1 was
o.supreme wrote:I understand that the early BW books were a completely separate continuity (I actually liked those stories) but.. I guess I cant recall much of the details of the main IDW books depsite owning them all. From my recollection, characters like Rattrap & Gelshark just started showing up. If someone would be so kind as to point out their first appearance showing how they got to Cybertron, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote: IDW started its continuity with Infiltration. the 2 Beast stories and the RG1 were both separate. And the continuity started with Infiltration is the one that is coming to an end.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:They wanted to add more depth, you needed characters from colonies and the characters that ran from the war and came home to fill things up. Heck, with as far and wide as the war went, you could include characters you hadn't seen before because they were elsewhere.
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